Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:03:55 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months Message-ID: <20041203020355.GA59029@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <200412021621.17783.peter@wemm.org> References: <20041202002939.GA2834@ns1.xcllnt.net> <41AF8017.4000206@freebsd.org> <16815.36304.188670.238045@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200412021621.17783.peter@wemm.org>
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On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:21:17PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > However, if the bios sees partition type 165 (FreeBSD), it freaks out > and completely shuts down all USB support. Even for the bios keyboard > service calls. > > If you boot MSDOS, for example.. the bios keyboard service calls are not > disabled and keep working. Pardon a naive question, but what would happen with a FreeBSD partition whose type said something other than 165? What in fbsd checks the partition type once booting starts? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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